Sonora Cat Rescue stands up for the Voiceless in our Community
The Lost,
The Abandoned,
The Starving,
The Freezing,
The Abused.We not only save them,
(placing 500 in homes each year)We prevent the sufferingfrom escalating.
(3,000 spay/neuters each year)

And we fix close to 3,000 a year. Imagine the impact we are having on the homeless pet population and with your help we can do so much more!!!

When you have succeeded, save another kitty.
Compete with your friends.
School service learning credit.

California Law#597 Cruelty to Animals

"Except as provided in subdivision (c) of this section or
Section 599c, every person who maliciously and intentionally maims,
mutilates, tortures, or wounds a living animal, or maliciously and
intentionally kills an animal," "and whoever, having the charge or
custody of any animal, either as owner or otherwise, subjects any
animal to needless suffering, or inflicts unnecessary cruelty upon
the animal, or in any manner abuses any animal, or fails to provide
the animal with proper food, drink, or shelter or protection from the
weather, or who drives, rides, or otherwise uses the animal when
unfit for labor, is, for each offense, guilty of a crime" "punishable as
a felony by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170,
or by a fine of not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), or
by both that fine and imprisonment, or alternatively, as a
misdemeanor by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one
year, or by a fine of not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000),
or by both that fine and imprisonment."

WOUNDING OR KILLING AN ANIMAL = PRISON AND A LARGE FINE

HURTING AN ANIMAL = PRISON AND A LARGE FINE

DEPRIVING AN ANIMAL OF FOOD AND SHELTER = PRISON AND A LARGE FINE

ABANDONING AN ANIMAL = PRISON AND A LARGE FINE

ABANDONING AN ANIMAL (INCLUDING MOVING AWAY) IS $1,000 AND 6 MONTHS IN JAIL

Meet our Vic

Vic, shortly after his operation, with the two bullets that were surgically removed from his head.

The third bullet and fragments that remain lodged in his head, were deemed inoperable.

After expensive medical treatment and months of recuperation, today, a much loved Vic hugging his Babar.

Vic’s two brothers weren’t as lucky. They didn’t live to experience
a warm loving home. They were shot and killed at the same time Vic was attacked.
It is a crime to wound, maim or kill a cat punishable with a $20,000 and 1 year in state prison.
(California civil code 597)

We include Vic as an example of the hundreds of cases of animal cruelty we see every year.